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August 2019
“Stone Stories” Southside Cemetery Tour
Louise Helen Coburn's Colby College Portrait “Stone Stories” The tour will focus on the older section of the Southside Cemetery on Main Street. This guided historic walking tour explores the Southside Cemetery through some of the stories of citizens buried there. It focuses on how their lives intermingle with the history of Skowhegan. You will hear accounts of Revolutionary War Veterans as well as Civil War veterans and a lone Confederate Soldier. You will also hear accounts of a local…
Find out more »Southside Cemetery Tour- reschedule
Due to the rain last Friday, the Southside Cemetery tour has been rescheduled for this morning 10-noon. A $5. donation is requested.
Find out more »September 2019
Pizza with a Purpose
Bring your appetite to The Miller's Table and enjoy delicious wood-fired pizza made with fresh ingredients from local farms. On Wednesday, September 11 from 4 - 7pm, $5. from every 16" pizza sold (both take-out and in-house) will be donated directly to the Skowhegan History House. Providing live entertainment will be local singer-songwriter David Calder whose music recounts his experiences growing up in Skowhegan and working on the Kennebec log drives. Come join the fun, eat well, and help support…
Find out more »Riverside Heritage Tea
The Skowhegan History House and Bloomfield Garden Club are throwing a riverside tea party and you're invited! Local trio 'The Melody Makers' will play tunes from the 50's and 60's and tea and refreshments will be available. Come dance the afternoon away here along the banks of the Kennebec and join us in savoring these last beautiful days of summer.
Find out more »“Useful Citizens” Tour of the Old North Cemetery
This historic walking/guided tour explores the lives of some “Useful Citizens” who are buried at the North Cemetery and how those lives helped shape our community. Discussions also focus on the veterans and their experiences in our history, gravestone and monument construction, and the various symbols used on the stones, as well as the history of this 1820’s cemetery. The walking tour begins and ends at the North Cemetery gate on Walton Court, which is behind the Madison Avenue Walton…
Find out more »October 2019
The Island – Then and Tomorrow
For thousands of years, Skowhegan Island has been used by people in numerous ways but most of those functions and purposes no longer exist. During this tour, we'll compare old photographs with current views and then discuss ways we use the Island today as well as how we might use it in the future.
Find out more »July 2020
Native Voices
This year History House received grant funding from the Maine Community Foundation and the Davis Family Foundation to create a new two year exhibit entitled “Wabanaki Voices: Connecting Past, Present, and Future”. We partnered with members of the Wabanaki confederation and Skowhegan Free Public Library staff, administrators from our local school system, and other community organizations to plan a two year exhibit highlighting an authentic view of Native American territory, culture, oral histories, language-connected-to-place, and art through exhibits, programming, and…
Find out more »November 2021
Night Sky Tour, a star gazing event
The Skowhegan History House is pleased to present a free Night Sky Tour, a star-gazing event hosted by John Meader, owner/director of Northern Stars Planetarium, a portable planetarium business that has served Maine schools for 31 years. We will gather outdoors after dark where Mr. Meader will lead a tour of the constellations and stars visible on the evening of November 1st at 7:30 pm. He will also find and discuss any visible planets, the Milky Way, as well as…
Find out more »April 2022
Wabanaki Voices Speaker Series April 21
Poster Wabanaki Voices speaker series by James Francis, who is the Penobscot Nation's Tribal Historian and Studies the relationship between Maine Native Americans and the landscape. This will be held at the Tewksbury Hall, Weston Ave Skowhegan Maine, at 7:oopm Zoom Register link
Find out more »May 2022
Wabanaki Voices Speaker Series_ Darren Ranco
The Skowhegan History House and Research Center Presents the 2nd speaker in the series. Wabanaki Voices Speaker Series_ Darren Ranco Dr. Ranco's research focuses on the ways in which indigenous communities in the United States resist environmental destruction by using indigenous diplomacy and critiques to protect cultural resources. May 5 at 7pm at Tewksbury Hall, Weston Ave Skowhegan Series are both in person and available on Zoom To Sign up To Listen to the 1st speaker in the series
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